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Shadow Kyogre counters

waterShadow Tier 1

A Shadow raid boss hits harder than its normal form (Shadow Frenzy), and the Pokemon you catch afterwards is a Shadow. Purified Gems weaken it mid-fight; the simulation does not use them.

Lobby CP
10,882
HP
600
Timer
3:00
Attack
170
Defense
145
Difficulty
0.17
Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Kyogre should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,188-2,351.

Weak tograss1.6xelectric1.6x

Who to bring

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others
Try an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Shadow Kyogre counters are Mega Raichu Y, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Kartana, Shadow Raikou, Xurkitree & Zekrom.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega
  1. M. Raichu Y
  2. S. Thundurus (Therian)
  3. Kartana
  4. S. Raikou
  5. Xurkitree
  6. Zekrom

7 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

  1. 1Mega Raichu YMegapartyThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.140:24
  2. 2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.150:27
  3. 3Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.170:31
  4. 4Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.180:32
  5. 5Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Thunderbolt0.180:33
  6. 6Mega Raichu XMegaVolt Switch / Volt Tackle+0.180:33
  7. 7Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Thunderbolt0.190:33
  8. 8KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.190:34
  9. 9Shadow RaikouShadowLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.190:34
  10. 10XurkitreeLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Discharge0.190:35
  11. 13ZekromLegendarypartyCharge Beam / Wild Charge0.190:35

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

Build and order a party of six →Plan your raid lobby →

Related countersPrimal Kyogre
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Top 15 Shadow Kyogre counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers1soloable
#AttackerMoveset
1Mega Raichu Yelectricjoint top pickelectricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+3,7800:240.140.71779.5%
2Mega Mewtwo YpsychicpsychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+6,4280:270.150.31596.0%
3Mega SceptilegrassdragonbugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant4,0560:310.170.81411.1%
4Mega ChesnaughtgrassfightinggrassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+4,0930:320.180.21366.4%
5Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflyingelectricVolt SwitchelectricThunderbolt3,6590:330.181.31319.2%
6Mega Raichu XelectricelectricVolt SwitchelectricVolt Tackle+3,5100:330.180.91316.1%
7Mega Mewtwo XpsychicfightingpsychicPsycho CutelectricThunderbolt6,1120:330.190.51308.3%
8KartanagrasssteelgrassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade3,6770:340.190.81297.7%
9Shadow RaikouelectricelectricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge3,4520:340.190.91276.3%
10XurkitreeelectricelectricThunder ShockelectricDischarge3,9370:350.191.31261.4%
11Mega VenusaurgrasspoisongrassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant3,6980:350.190.31253.2%
12Mega RayquazadragonflyingdragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent5,7130:350.190.51251.5%
13ZekromdragonelectricelectricCharge BeamelectricWild Charge4,0380:350.190.41248.9%
14RegielekielectricelectricThunder ShockelectricThunder Cage2,8030:360.201.21223.6%
15Shadow ElectivireelectricelectricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge3,0790:360.201.41222.8%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Shadow Kyogre.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Kyogre's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Kyogre weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

  • Weak (2)
  • Neutral (12)
  • Resists (4)

It resists steel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Kyogre throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
waterWaterfallSTAB13+71.0s0.75s

Charged moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
waterSurfSTAB60-501.5s1.20s
waterHydro PumpSTAB135-1003.5s1.10s
iceBlizzard130-1003.0s1.40s
electricThunder100-1002.5s1.30s
iceAvalanche85-502.5s1.50s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spreadCP at L20CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor2,1882,736
7/7/72,2062,758
8/8/82,2242,780
9/9/92,2422,803
10/10/102,2602,825
11/11/112,2782,848
12/12/122,2962,871
13/13/132,3152,893
14/14/142,3332,916
15/15/15hundo2,3512,939

Caught CP range 2,188 - 2,351, or 2,736 - 2,939 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 6/6/6 — a Shadow raid's floor is 6, not the usual 10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

Shadow raid floor. A Shadow Raid encounter rolls a minimum of 6/6/6, so this band starts at 2,188, not at the 2,260 a 10/10/10 catch would give. pokebattler.com's own page for a Shadow boss prints that 10/10/10 value as its floor — it is applying the standard-raid rule — so expect its range to start 72 CP higher than this one. LeekDuck's published band agrees with the table above.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Kyogre is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Shadow Tier 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 170 / Defense 145 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#AttackerEst.TimeFaints
1
Mega Raichu Y
electricmega
Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+
0.140:240.7
2
Mega Mewtwo Y
psychicmega
Psycho Cut / Future Sight+
0.150:270.3
3
Mega Sceptile
grassdragonmega
Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant
0.170:310.8
4
Mega Chesnaught
grassfightingmega
Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+
0.180:320.2
5
Shadow Thundurus (Therian)
electricflyingshadow
Volt Switch / Thunderbolt
0.180:331.3
6
Mega Raichu X
electricmega
Volt Switch / Volt Tackle+
0.180:330.9
7
Mega Mewtwo X
psychicfightingmega
Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt
0.190:330.4
8
Kartana
grasssteel
Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade
0.190:340.8
9
Shadow Raikou
electricshadow
Thunder Shock / Wild Charge
0.190:340.9
10
Xurkitree
electric
Thunder Shock / Discharge
0.190:351.2
11
Mega Venusaur
grasspoisonmega
Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant
0.190:350.3
12
Mega Rayquaza
dragonflyingmega
Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent
0.190:350.5
13
Zekrom
dragonelectric
Charge Beam / Wild Charge
0.190:350.4
14
Regieleki
electric
Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage
0.200:361.2
15
Shadow Electivire
electricshadow
Thunder Shock / Wild Charge
0.200:361.3
16
Zeraora
electric
Spark / Plasma Fists
0.200:360.8
17
Mega Manectric
electricmega
Thunder Fang / Wild Charge
0.200:361.0
18
Shadow Regigigas
normalshadow
Hidden Power / Crush Grip
0.200:360.8
19
Eternatus
poisondragon
Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon
0.200:360.4
20
Shadow Zapdos
electricflyingshadow
Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt
0.200:361.3
21
Shadow Thundurus (Incarnate)
electricflyingshadow
Thunder Shock / Thunder Punch
0.210:371.6
22
Thundurus (Therian)
electricflying
Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm
0.210:371.3
23
Shadow Magnezone
electricsteelshadow
Volt Switch / Wild Charge
0.210:381.0
24
Mega Victreebel
grasspoisonmega
Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade
0.210:381.0
25
Shaymin (Sky)
grassflying
Magical Leaf / Grass Knot
0.210:381.1
26
Shadow Sceptile
grassshadow
Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant
0.210:381.3
27
Zarude
darkgrass
Vine Whip / Power Whip
0.210:380.3
28
Shadow Manectric
electricshadow
Thunder Fang / Wild Charge
0.210:391.6
29
Raikou
electric
Thunder Shock / Wild Charge
0.220:390.8
30
Shadow Mewtwo
psychicshadow
Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt
0.220:391.2
How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.
  • Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
  • Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
  • Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
  • Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com (its Shadow boss page; the ordinary boss's page is a different, easier fight). Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.2 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.

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